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Thaumatrope
The thaumatrope was a rotating object with a different picture on each side. When rotated it, you saw a combined picture -
Phenakistiscope
A phenakistiscope is some disks reflecting off mirriors to make it look like a moving picture -
Praxinoscope
The praxinoscope made a bunch of mirrors in the middle of it and pictures on the outside and when the picture wheel was spun it looked like the things were moving -
First animated cartoon
Fantasmagorie is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation. It is considered one of the very first animated cartoons by historians and was made by Émile Cohl. -
The Rotoscope
Made by Max Fleischer it's where you can trace over live-action footage so it looks more lifelike -
Golden age of animation
This is when the great depression started and people needed to be happy about something so animation became really popular -
Rubber hose animation
This was the main style of animation during the golden age and lasted till about the 30s -
First cartoon with sound
Max Fleischer had a series of cartoons called Song Car-tunes that stared Ko-Ko the Clown and it was just a follow the bouncing ball -
Disney's first appearance
Their first cartoon was made with a character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit -
First coloured cartoon
A cartoon called Fiddlesticks was released in full colour and sound -
Snow White
Snow White was the first hand-drawn animated film and went to win Walt Disney an Oscar that was purely made for him that had 7 mini trophies and one big one -
End of golden age
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New styles start to become more common
Max Fleischer made the cartoon Superman which was a very different style than his other -
First cartoon on tv
The first cartoon made spacifclly for tv was called Crusader Rabbit -
First animated adult rated film
Fritz the cat was the beginning of a now long list of adult animated films and TV shows -
First fully CGI film
The adventures of André & Wally b was the first fully CGI-animated fully and was only about 2 minutes -
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is the longest running American animated sitcom and is still running to this day -
Feature film in full effect
Toy Story was the first computer-animated feature film -
Most popular cartoon of 2018
Although it came out in 2013 it is one of the highest rated animated show on IMDb. It's Rick and Morty, is has a very high rate of 9.3 stars
